Deck 51

Question 1

wane

Answer 1

v. decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end

Question 2

verge

Answer 2

n. border; edge

Question 3

uproarious

Answer 3

adj. marked by commotion; extremely funny

Question 4

uncouth

Answer 4

adj. outlandish; clumsy; boorish

Question 5

traduce

Answer 5

v. expose to slander(defame)

Question 6

travesty

Answer 6

n. harshly distorted imitation; parody; debased likeness

Question 7

titter

Answer 7

n. nervous laugh

Question 8

tactile

Answer 8

adj. pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

Question 9

tempo

Answer 9

n. speed of music

Question 10

stanza

Answer 10

n. division of a poem

Question 11

stoic

Answer 11

adj. impassive; unmoved by joy or grief

Question 12

subsistence

Answer 12

n. means needed to support life; existence

Question 13

slander

Answer 13

n. defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements

Question 14

shun

Answer 14

v. keep away from

Question 15

rotundity

Answer 15

n. roundness; sonorous of speech

Question 16

retentive

Answer 16

adj. able to retain or keep; able to remember

Question 17

reprise

Answer 17

n. musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action

Question 18

remedial

Answer 18

adj. curative; corrective

Question 19

reciprocal

Answer 19

adj. mutual; exchangeable; interacting

Question 20

quaint

Answer 20

adj. odd; old-fashioned; picturesque

Question 21

protege

Answer 21

n. person receiving protection and support from a patron

Question 22

preposterous

Answer 22

adj. absurd; ridiculous

Question 23

preamble

Answer 23

n. introductory statement

Question 24

poseur

Answer 24

n. person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others

Question 25

phoenix

Answer 25

n. symbol of immortality or rebirth

Question 26

parameter

Answer 26

n. boundary; limiting factor; distinguishing characteristic

Question 27

ordinance

Answer 27

n. decree

Question 28

onset

Answer 28

n. beginning; attack

Question 29

objective (adj)

Answer 29

adj. not influenced by emotions; fair

Question 30

objective (n)

Answer 30

n. goal; aim

Question 31

nonentity

Answer 31

n. person of no importance; nonexistence

Question 32

multilingual

Answer 32

adj. having many languages

Question 33

modulate

Answer 33

v. tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another

Question 34

miscellany

Answer 34

n. mixture of writings on various subjects

Question 35

matriculate

Answer 35

v. enroll (in college or graduate school)

Question 36

luminous

Answer 36

adj. shining; issuing light

Question 37

liberator

Answer 37

n. one who sets free

Question 38

jubiliation

Answer 38

n. rejoicing

Question 39

irate

Answer 39

adj. characterized by great anger

Question 40

intuition

Answer 40

n. immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning

Question 41

interim

Answer 41

n. meantime

Question 42

insubordination

Answer 42

n. disobedience; rebelliousness

Question 43

infinitesimal

Answer 43

adj. exceedingly small; so small as to be nonexistent

Question 44

impugn

Answer 44

v. dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way)

Question 45

impenetrable

Answer 45

adj. not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding

Question 46

hostility

Answer 46

n. unfriendliness; hatred

Question 47

gustatory

Answer 47

adj. affecting the sense of taste

Question 48

germinal

Answer 48

adj. pertaining to a germ; creative

Question 49

forsake

Answer 49

v. desert; abandon; renounce

Question 50

fret

Answer 50

v. to be annoyed or vexed

Question 51

extradition

Answer 51

n. surrender of prisoner by one state to another

Question 52

entitlement

Answer 52

n. right to claim something; right to benefits

Question 53

elliptical

Answer 53

adj.oval; ambiguous; either purposely or because key words have been left out

Question 54

continence

Answer 54

n. self-restraint; sexual chastity

Question 55

conducive

Answer 55

adj. contributing; tending to

Question 56

chronicle

Answer 56

v. report; record (in chronoological order)

Question 57

disingenuous

Answer 57

adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere

Question 58

disquiet

Answer 58

v. make uneasy or anxious

Question 59

delectable

Answer 59

adj. delightful; delicious

Question 60

turpitude

Answer 60

n. depravity(state of being corrupt)